Battle of Mosul

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Iraqi Forces Fight To Clear Last Jihadists From Mosul

Iraqi forces engaged in "heavy" fighting with the Islamic State group on Monday as they battled to clear the last...

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Iran Congratulates Iraq On Mosul Victory

Iran has congratulated Iraq on its declared victory over the Islamic State jihadist group in Mosul and offered its help...

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Mosul Victory Marks Win For Pentagon Training Plan

The Iraqi military's hard-fought victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul marks a defining moment not just for...

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UK Warns More To Do To Combat IS After Mosul Victory

Britain's Defence Minister Michael Fallon praised Iraq on Sunday for defeating the Islamic State group in Mosul but...

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Mosul Loss Huge, But Not Deadly, Blow To ‘caliphate’

Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the...

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Iraq’s Second City and Cultural Jewel

Mosul, wrested from the Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday, is Iraq's second city and one of its cultural jewels....

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The Islamic State Group In Iraq, Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Sunday in the "liberated" city of Mosul, the Islamic State...

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Iraq PM Declares Victory In ‘liberated’ Mosul

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in the "liberated" city of Mosul on Sunday, his office said,...

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Exhausted and Mourning, Families Emerge From Mosul Ruins

With the battle to retake Iraq's Mosul from the Islamic State group drawing to an end, dozens of women and their...

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Mosul Victory Imminent, US Says, As Iraqi Forces Celebrate

Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul, a US general said...

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Mosul Victory Announcement ‘imminent’

Iraqi authorities will imminently announce a final victory in the battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State...

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IS Fighters Killed Trying To Flee West Mosul

A group of jihadists tried to escape across the Tigris River from west Mosul where they hold a dwindling pocket of...

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Mosul Becomes ‘graveyard’ For Foreign Jihadists

The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State...

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IS On ‘last Legs’ In Mosul

The Islamic State group is on the verge of defeat in its former Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, where the jihadists will be...

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Civilians Trapped As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul

Iraqi forces on Thursday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said...

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Up To 20,000 Civilians Trapped In IS-Held Areas of Mosul

Up to 20,000 civilians are trapped in the last Islamic State group-held areas in Mosul's Old City, which Iraqi forces...

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Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul After PM Fetes ‘victory’

Iraqi forces battled the last Islamic State group holdouts in Mosul on Wednesday, a day after the country's premier...

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Iraq PM Fetes ‘victory’ In Mosul, But Battle Continues

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated the Iraqi people and security forces on winning a "major victory" over...

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Iraq Gains Ground In Mosul’s Old City As It Presses Assault On IS

Special forces have recaptured more of Mosul's historic heart as they press the final stages of an assault to drive the...